create

Description

Creates the Windows socket and bind it to the specified address

Syntax

socket.create([port[, type[, event[, address]]]])

Parameters

port

Optional. Integer. Specifies a port to be used with the socket. The default value is 0 (Windows Sockets will select a port for the socket if the value is set to 0).

type

Optional. Integer. Specifies the socket type. Default $SOCK_STREAM.

Value	Description
$SOCK_STREAM	Provides sequenced, reliable, two-way, connection-based byte streams with an out-of-band data transmission mechanism. Uses TCP for the Internet address family.
$SOCK_DGRAM	Supports datagrams, which are connectionless, unreliable buffers of a fixed (typically small) maximum length. Uses UDP for the Internet address family.

event

Optional. Integer. Specifies a combination of network events. Default $FD_READ | $FD_WRITE | $FD_OOB | $FD_ACCEPT | $FD_CONNECT | $FD_CLOSE

Value	Description
$FD_READ	Want to receive notification of readiness for reading.
$FD_WRITE	Want to receive notification when data is available to be read.
$FD_OOB	Want to receive notification of the arrival of out-of-band data.
$FD_ACCEPT	Want to receive notification of incoming connections.
$FD_CONNECT	Want to receive notification of connection results.
$FD_CLOSE	Want to receive notification when a socket has been closed by a peer.

address

Optional. String. Specifies the network address (a dotted number such as กฐ219.138.64.12".) to bind.

Returns

Boolean.